Tyler and Sophia talk with John Burwell, Varjo's Global Lead for Simulation and Training, to announce the exclusive release of Varjo's VR-2, VR-2 Pro and XR-1 and the incredible new capabilities it offers the world of immersive technology. Connect with John and Varjo at: Web: https://varjo.com/ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnmburwell/ Twitter: @varjodotcom Visit the VR/AR Association at www.TheVRARA.com for more information about how you can get involved with this worldwide organizati...
Oct 24, 2019•35 min
Tyler Gates and Sophia Moshasha speak with Rear Admiral Jim Robb from the National Training & Simulation Association. Rear Admiral Jim Robb speaks about how VR & AR are so important to the NTSA. Connect with Admiral Jim Robb and NTSA at: https://www.ndia.org/leadership-bios/james-robb Visit the VR/AR Association at www.TheVRARA.com for more information about how you can get involved with this worldwide organization to help gain exposure and share ideas and best practices with other exper...
Oct 10, 2019•46 min
Tyler and Sophia are joined by Gabriel René from the VERSES Labs and the Spatial Web Foundation. Gabriel discusses the great work he is doing as it relates to the spatial web and pushing its adoption across every major industry. Connect with Gabriel @GReal1111 Visit the VR/AR Association at www.TheVRARA.com for more information about how you can get involved with this worldwide organization to help gain exposure and share ideas and best practices with other experts in the industry. Subscribe to ...
Oct 03, 2019•51 min
Tyler and Sophia cover all the exciting announcements for the upcoming VRARA Global Summit with The VR/AR Association’s executive team, Kris Kolo and Anne-Marie Enns. Connect with Kris & Ann-Marie Kris Kolo @kriskolodziej Ann-Marie Enns @eventgirl101 Visit the VR/AR Association at www.TheVRARA.com for more information about how you can get involved with this worldwide organization to help gain exposure and share ideas and best practices with other experts in the industry. Subscribe to the po...
Sep 26, 2019•33 min
Tyler and Sophia talked with Daniel Robinson of Red6 Aerospace about the future of AR technology for simulating air combat. If you think AR development is challenging, try creating a multiplayer platform that works while flying a Mach 6! Connect with Daniel and Red6 Aerospace at: Web - Red6AR.com LinkedIn - Daniel Robinson on LinkedIn Visit the VR/AR Association at www.TheVRARA.com for more information about how you can get involved with this worldwide organization to help gain exposure and shar...
Sep 19, 2019•46 min
Growing up with the inventor of Atari, Two Bit Circus CEO Brent Bushnell shares with Tyler and Sophia the importance of invention and the freedom of expression and how immersive technology is a natural evolution of creative expression with its ability to blend the worlds of both the physical and digital. Connect with Brent and Two Bit Circus at: Web - TwoBitCircus.com Twitter - @TwoBitCircus Twitter - @brentbushnell Visit the VR/AR Association at www.TheVRARA.com for more information about how y...
Sep 12, 2019•43 min
Sophia and Tyler talk with Ross Finman of Niantic Labs, the creators of Pokémon Go, about the incredible success of the first global AR game and it’s ability to use immersive technology to bring people together both in the digital and physical worlds. Connect with Ross and Niantic Labs at: Web - NianticLabs.com Twitter - @NianticLabs Twitter - @rossfinman Visit the VR/AR Association at www.TheVRARA.com for more information about how you can get involved with this worldwide organization to help g...
Aug 29, 2019•39 min
Sophia and Tyler join VRARA Orlando chapter president John Cunningham to talk about the incredible ecosystem of modeling and simulation in central Florida. From entertainment to Military, Orlando is one of the main hubs in America for the use of immersive technology. Connect with John Cunningham and DiSTI here: Web - www.disti.com Twitter - @disticorp LinkedIn - John Cunningham on LinkedIn Visit the VR/AR Association at www.TheVRARA.com for more information about how you can get involved with th...
Aug 22, 2019•34 min
*VRARA Member Spotlight* Sophia and Tyler talk to VRARA member, Gavin Finn of Kaon Interactive, about the importance of making digital platforms hardware agnostic to allow customers to deploy the most appropriate technology in a variety of circumstances. Connect with Gavin and Kaon Interactive: Web - www.Kaon.com Twitter - @KaonInteractive LinkedIn - Gavin Finn on LinkedIn Visit the VR/AR Association at www.TheVRARA.com for more information about how you can get involved with this worldwide orga...
Aug 15, 2019•44 min
Rene Schulte, Director of Global Innovation, Research & Incubation at Valorem Reply joins Tyler and Sophia to talk all things possible with immersive technology on the business side of sports as well as took a look into what's coming for holographic telepresence. Connect with Rene and Valorem Reply on Twitter: @rschu @Valorem Visit the VR/AR Association at www.TheVRARA.com for more information about how you can get involved with this worldwide organization. Subscribe to the podcast wherever ...
Aug 08, 2019•30 min
Tyler and Sophia chatted with Rori DuBoff of Accenture Interactive at the Games for Change conference regarding the increasing importance for immersive technology across industries and how to communicate that need to clients. Rori is the Managing Director, Head of Content Innovation & Strategy: Extended Reality (VR/AR/MR) for Accenture Interactive. Connect with Rori and Accenture Interactive here: Twitter - @roriduboff Twitter - @AccentureACTIVE Web - Accenture.com Visit the VR/AR Associatio...
Aug 01, 2019•39 min
Tyler and Sophia talk with Nancy Baker Cahill at Serious Games Expo about using spatial anchored augmented reality to allow people the freedom to add to a collaborative archive of virtual public art experiences. Connect with Nancy: Web - NancyBakerCahill.com Instagram - @nancybakercahill Twitter - @4thWallApp Visit the VR/AR Association at www.TheVRARA.com for more information about how you can get involved with this worldwide organization. Subscribe to the podcast wherever podcasts are found or...
Jul 25, 2019•29 min
Tyler and Sophia talk with Jessica Brillhart at Games for Change about the convergence of technology and media and how VR and AR are a perfect breeding ground for more effective and immersive storytelling. Also, congratulations to Jessica for being named Director of USC ICT Mixed Reality Lab! Connect with Jessica on Twitter at @brillhart Visit the VR/AR Association at www.TheVRARA.com for more information about how you can get involved with this worldwide organization. Subscribe to the podcast w...
Jul 11, 2019•27 min
Tyler and Sophia introduce Philip Wogart VRARA Germany chapter president. In this discussion, Philip speaks with Lakshmi Sarah (co-author Crafting Stories for Virtual Reality ) and Ina Behrendt ( Miami Ad School Europe ) in discussing their thoughts and experiences on Higher Education and Immersive Technologies. Connect with Lakshmi Sarah on Twitter at @lakitalki Connect with Ina Behrendt on Twitter at https://twitter.com/iernesti Connect with Philip on Twitter at @phiwog and the Germany chapter...
Jul 02, 2019•54 min
Dan Ayoub of Microsoft joined Tyler and Sophia for an in-depth conversation of how XR is changing the landscape for education, creating a faster, more effective learning environment. Along with this podcast, Microsoft has just released their new study, "Preparing the Class of 2030" in partnership with McKinsey & Company, providing insights and metrics on why immersive technology will greatly impact education for students and beyond. Download your copy here: http://bit.ly/2IQcZBS . Visit the ...
Jun 27, 2019•41 min
Tyler and Sophia catch up with Microsoft's Jesse McCulloch to talk about how Microsoft is fostering the growth and success of the developer community. Connect with Jesse McCulloch: Twitter - @jbmcculloch Visit the VR/AR Association at www.TheVRARA.com for more information about how you can get involved with this worldwide organization. Subscribe to the podcast wherever podcasts are found or listen to past interviews at www.TheVRARA.com/podcast...
Jun 20, 2019•36 min
Hosts Tyler Gates and Sophia Moshasha talk with Susanna Pollack & Jesse Damiani about the history of Games for Change and how XR is taking a larger role in driving empathy and change across industries. Susanna Pollack is the President of Games for Change and one of Jesse Damiani’s positions is the Curator of XR for Games for Change. To connect with Susanna Pollack: Twitter - @SusannaPollack To connect wtih Jesse Damiani: Twitter - @JesseDamiani Visit the VR/AR Association at www.TheVRARA.com...
Jun 13, 2019•40 min
Join Tyler Gates and Sophia Moshasha as they speak with Mark Rowland, Innovation Actualizer of AFWERX Vegas, to learn about how the U.S. Air Force is making strides to adopt innovative technology from the non-traditional government contractor. Visit the VR/AR Association at www.TheVRARA.com for more information about how you can get involved with this worldwide organization. Subscribe to the podcast wherever podcasts are found or listen to past interviews at www.TheVRARA.com/podcast...
Jun 06, 2019•37 min
The VR/AR Association's Global Executive Director, Kris Kolo, joins Tyler & Sophia to discuss the current state of the VR/AR Association and the announcement of the VRARA Enterprise Summit with LiveWorx. More information about LiveWorx 2019 can be found here. Visit the VR/AR Association at www.TheVRARA.com for more information about how you can get involved with this worldwide organization. Subscribe to the podcast wherever podcasts are found or listen to past interviews at www.TheVRARA.com/...
May 30, 2019•23 min
Greg Sullivan, who is the Director of Communication at Microsoft, discusses how Microsoft is preparing for spanning the entire continuum of immersive technology. This discussion was captured at the Microsoft Build 2019 conference. Visit the VR/AR Association at www.TheVRARA.com for more information about how you can get involved with this worldwide organization. Subscribe to the podcast wherever podcasts are found or listen to past interviews at www.TheVRARA.com/podcast...
May 23, 2019•38 min
Hosts Tyler Gates and Sophia Moshasha caught up with Jesus Serrano at Microsoft’s Build 2019 conference as he discusses how immersive technology will change the landscape for sports and fan engagement experiences. Jesus has been with Microsoft for a number of years now and is currently the Sports Business Development & WW Sports Community Lead. Visit the VR/AR Association at www.TheVRARA.com for more information about how you can get involved with this worldwide organization. Subscribe to th...
May 09, 2019•26 min
Adam Molnar, Co-Founder of Neurable, joins us to take a deep dive on the potential of cognitive behavior driven virtual and augmented reality. Connect with Adam and Neurable: Web Twitter - @neurable
May 02, 2019•36 min
Amanda Pool, who is the Executive Producer and Founder of Imagine Events is our guest on this episode of the VR/AR Podcast. Amanda joins Tyler and Sophia to discuss the value of immersive technology activations for sponsored events. Visit Imagine Events online at: Web Twitter - @imagine_events
Apr 25, 2019•26 min
John Burwell, who is the Global Head of Simulation and Training of Varjo, joins Tyler and Sophia to discuss the ground-breaking new HMD for professional VR. Connect with Varjo online at: Web - Varjo.com Twitter - @varjodotcom Instagram - @varjodotcom
Apr 18, 2019•37 min
James Crabb, who is the Marketing & Business Development Director at Wargaming recently was interviewed by VRARA member David Ripert who is the CEO & Co-Founder of Poplar. Learn more about James, David and their respective companies below: Host: David Ripert, CEO & Co-Founder of Poplar (member of the VRARA) Personal LinkedIn Personal Twitter Persona Insta Poplar LinkedIn Poplar Twitter Poplar Insta Guest: James Crabb, Marketing & Business Development at Wargaming Personal LinkedI...
Feb 21, 2019•16 min
Tithi Tewari, Managing Director & Founder of SmartVizX is our guest this episode. SmartVizX is transforming the design experience for the building industry, and has developed a product called Trezi, that aims to become the leading immersive design collaboration platform for the building industry that brings together all stakeholders in the design project — from architect/designer to engineering services to owner/tenant — to collaborate on the 3D design in an interactive and immersive environ...
Dec 27, 2018•50 min
On this episode we are joined by Lou Pushelberg, the Founder of Circuit Stream. Circuit Stream is unique in its two-pronged approach: education for individuals to develop their VR/AR programming skills and dive into this exciting industry; and app development for businesses. Circuit Stream has built a VR training app for Vantage Airport Group, AR mineralization visualization software for Minerva Intelligence, and they have taught over 20,000 students how to get started in VR and AR. Connect with...
Dec 20, 2018•38 min
Michael Neely, Lead Instructor for the VR/AR Design & Development program at Vancouver Film School which is launching in Spring 2019, is our guest on this episode. The VR/AR Design & Development program is built to cater to all aspects of VR and AR visualization beyond just film. Michael talks about the philosophy of the program and how VFS is leveraging its strong award-winning film school to be a leading educator in VR and AR design and development. VFS has partnered with the VR/AR Ass...
Dec 13, 2018•33 min
Dr. Danny Goel joins us on this episode of the Everything VR & AR Podcast. Dr. Goel is the Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer at Precision OS and is a Consultant, Shoulder Surgeon and Clinical Associate Professor at the University of British Columbia Department of Orthopedic Surgery. We discuss how Precision OS is using virtual reality to deliver unparalleled VR experiences for surgical simulation. Their team is dedicated to the transformation of surgical training through virtual immer...
Dec 06, 2018•32 min
Erik Murphy-Chutorian is the founder and CEO of 8th Wall, which is building a cross-platform solution for developers to build augmented reality applications on all mobile devices. Erik has deep expertise in computer vision, imaging infrastructure, data analysis and full-stack/mobile product development. Prior to founding 8th Wall, he worked at both Facebook and Google as an engineering manager and senior staff software engineer respectively, leading the initiatives behind a number of key project...
Nov 29, 2018•39 min
